1. 左
  2. 右

左

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  1. 左 is the 780th most frequent character.
  2. 左 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 左 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 左 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
左 => 𠂇, 工
Radical :
左 => 𠂇 (left hand), 工 (work)
Graphical :
左 => 𠂇, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zuo3 - surname Zuo
  2. zuo3 - left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

左 
左右 

Medium Frequency

左手 
左边 (左邊)

Appears In:

左 also appears in:
佐

右

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Meta:

  1. 右 is the 781st most frequent character.
  2. 右 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 右 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 右 appears as a component in 3 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
右 => 𠂇, 口
Radical :
右 => 𠂇 (left hand), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
右 => 𠂇, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you4 - right (-hand)/the Right (politics)/west (old)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 右 (you4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

右边 (右邊)
左右 

Medium Frequency

右 
右侧 (右側)
右手 
向右 
左右逢源 

Appears In:

右 also appears in:
若佑祐
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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